WIST Quotations

LaBelle, Patti -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 14:54:50 +0000

“Sing loud!” my father always told me, “just in case someone is listening.”

Patti LaBelle (b. 1944) American singer, author, actress [stage name for Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards]
(Attributed)

Munroe, Randall -- XKCD, # 896 “Marie Curie” (9 May 2011)

Dave — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:52:01 +0000

You don’t become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.

Randall Munroe (b. 1984) American webcomic writer, roboticist, programmer
XKCD, # 896 “Marie Curie” (9 May 2011)
(Source)

Thackeray, William Makepeace -- (Attributed)

Dave — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:57:02 +0000

Whatever you are, be a good one.

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) English novelist
(Attributed)

Attributed in Laurence Hutton, "A Boy I Knew," St Nicholas Magazine (Mar 1897), where it was originally given as "Whatever you are, try to be a good one." Often attributed to Abraham Lincoln (first recorded in 1946). For more information, see here.

Feather, William -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 12:59:27 +0000

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we’ve got.

William Feather (1889-1981) American publisher, author
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DiMaggio, Joe -- The Sporting News (4 Apr 1951)

Dave — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:41:51 +0000

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time. I owe him my best.

Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999) American baseball player [b. Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper"]
The Sporting News (4 Apr 1951)

When asked why he hustled on even a play that wouldn't affect the outcome of the game or his team's standing.